Mogel was accused of attacking Robert A. Kennedy, 45, a tenant of Mogel`s who told the Broward Sheriff`s Office after Mogel`s arrest where the suspect kept a large cache of the converters.

Mogel has described the encounter as a landlord-tenant dispute unrelated to the case, in which he is charged with selling at least 300 converters while knowing they would be used to cheat cable TV companies.

Stein said prosecutors decided not to charge Mogel in connection with the confrontation.